In addition to the instructions below,
there are menu options, keyboard shortcuts, and toolbar buttons
for all the features. I'm just listing the shortcuts. Take a few
minutes to explore all the buttons, menu options and right-click
context menus.

Note: When you delete a patch from
the Patch Commander window, the GOB file is physically removed from
the patches directory without a backup. Make sure you have backups
of any patches you remove, unless you want them gone for good!

Double-click a patch to toggle its
activation status. When a patch is activated, any conflicting patches
are deactivated and the icon changes to a "NO" symbol.
You can still reactivate the patch -- it'll just deactivate any
conflicting patches again.

Use the Options menu to select the
desired Jedi Knight command line configuration.

To run the game using your selected
patches, click the launch icon in the toolbar, or hit F9.

The Patch Repository allows users to
browse, download, and install patches directly from the Internet.

To use the Patch Repository, you must
be connected to the Internet. Select Patch | Show Repository
Window from the menu, or click the Show/Hide Repository Window button
to display the Repository. Select the on-line repository you
wish to view from the Location drop-down list. The list can
be edited by selecting File | Edit Repository List... from
the menu. A separate list is maintained for each game (Jedi
Knight and Mysteries of the Sith).

Once the list of patches is displayed,
you can select one or more patches to install. You can then
install them in several ways:

Drag them to the main Patch Commander
window

Right-click them and click Install

Choose File | Install Selected Patches
from the menu

Remember, this feature will only work
as long as there are people creating and maintaining on-line repositories!
To learn how to create your own on-line patch repository for use
with Patch Commander, consult the Patch
Repository Specs.

To quickstart the most recent game
you played using the most recently activated patches and options,
use the Quickstart Jedi Knight icon in the Jedi Knight Patch Commander
program group.

Note: When you
use the Quickstart option, Patch Commander will run the game corresponding
to the last mode you were in when you ran Patch Commander. For example,
if you use Patch Commander to manage your Mysteries of the Sith
patches, then exit, the next time you choose Quickstart it will
run Mysteries of the Sith.

If the GOB file for a patch contains
a file called patchinfo.txt (in the GOB file's "root directory"),
it will be read and parsed to provide extended patch information
in the program. The file format is as follows:

The Jedi Knight Patch Commander will
assist you in the process of making new GOB files out of existing
ungobbed patches. It will also automatically create a patchinfo.txt
file (described above) for the patch.

To GOB a patch, simply select the File|Create
GOB... menu option in Patch Commander. Then, in the Patch Gobber
window, use the File menu (or just drag and drop -- great for converting
ZIPped patches) to add the required files to the new GOB. Use the
grid at the top to specify the patch information. (Bonus: If you
drag an existing patchinfo.txt file onto the Gobber window, it will
automatically update the grid). To add new properties or delete
existing ones, use the Ins and Del keys.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: The Gobber
window uses a relatively stupid algorithm based on the file extension
to decide where to put certain files. For example, all COG files
will be put in the "cog\" directory inside the GOB. It
gets it right most of the time. However, MAT files can go in either
"mat\" or "3do\mat\" depending on what they're
used for. The Gobber will default to "3do\mat\" but you
can edit the directory name in the grid containing the list of files.
If you're confused as to where a file should go, look at the path
information in the ZIP file that the patch came in.

This program was written by Michael
B. Klein, during a couple of days when he had lots of other things
he should have been doing. Special thanks to Rick Rogers for some
technical help, Aristotle of JediKnight.Net for feedback, encouragement,
and distribution assistance, DJ Scary for testing and suggestions,
Dark Knight of Weegee's Workshop for the included Destruct-O-Ray
patch, and to DARKJEDI.COM for information on the GOB file format.

Thanks also to those who use the Patch
Commander and have provided bug reports, insights, and suggestions
for enhancements. And a big thanks to those of you
who voted for Patch Commander for Best Utility in the Darkness Falls
Best of 1997 awards.

And, of course, enormous thanks to
all the patch authors out there (keep 'em coming!), as well as to
LucasArts Entertainment Company for a kickass game!